Extant Isoptera Latin–Chinese name comparison list
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Extant Isoptera (Termites) — Latin–Chinese Name Comparison List 现存等翅下目（白蚁）拉丁学名—中文正名对照名录

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Kalotermes flavicollis Fabricius, 1793 黄颈木白蚁

Species · * Type species

Type locality
(country unknown): "Barbaria"
Distribution
Mediterranean region, Southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia

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Summary

Kalotermes flavicollis is a species and the type species of the genus Kalotermes, in the family KALOTERMITIDAE. The species was described by Fabricius in 1793; the type locality is (country unknown): “Barbaria”. Distribution: Mediterranean region, Southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia. This site records 1 junior synonym for the species.

Etymology

Genus name Kalotermes: From Greek kalos (beautiful) + Latin termes.

Specific epithet flavicollis: From flavi + collis

Taxonomic position

Distribution

  • Distribution records: Mediterranean region, Southern Europe, North Africa, West Asia

The record above follows the wording of the original data; no geocoding or standardized place names have been applied.

Junior synonyms

This site records 1 junior synonym for the species, listed by its original literature source:

  1. Calotermes maroccoensis Sjöstedt, 1904: 17 — type locality: Morocco: ?

In older literature, regional checklists and database searches, this species may appear under the synonym Calotermes maroccoensis; this site treats it under Kalotermes flavicollis.

Morphology

A species-level description from the original literature has not yet been compiled for this page. Original description: Fabricius, 1793. See the genus page for the genus-level description; this page will be updated after the original text is checked.

Freely licensed photos, click to enlarge. Hotlinked from iNaturalist / Wikimedia Commons; the rights stay with the photographers — author, licence and source page are shown under each photo. Only the first 6 are shown here; the rest are under “All photos” at the end of the page.

Kalotermes flavicollis（(c) Jorge Íñiguez, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
(c) Jorge Íñiguez, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BYiNaturalist
Kalotermes flavicollis（(c) Jorge Íñiguez, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
(c) Jorge Íñiguez, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BYiNaturalist
Kalotermes flavicollis（(c) Juan C. Espinosa, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
(c) Juan C. Espinosa, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BYiNaturalist
Kalotermes flavicollis（(c) Mustafa Arisli, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
(c) Mustafa Arisli, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BYiNaturalist
Kalotermes flavicollis（(c) Mustafa Arisli, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
(c) Mustafa Arisli, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BYiNaturalist
Kalotermes flavicollis（(c) Bianca, some rights reserved (CC BY)，CC BY）
(c) Bianca, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC BYiNaturalist

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Distribution map

Aggregated from GBIF occurrence records on a 1° grid; only extant taxa of this checklist are used, so fossil records are excluded. Dot size and shade show the number of records inside a cell.

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1102 records · 179 grid cells · GeoJSON · Kalotermes · checklist extant taxa only

Other databases

The links below are produced by matching the scientific name against public APIs, for cross-checking. The checklist data itself is unchanged.

✔ Consistent with the accepted names in GBIF and Catalogue of Life.

Sources：GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · Catalogue of Life (3LR, 2026-10-14 · doi:10.48580/dgzh4) · Wikidata (P225) · Blattodea Species File. Retrieved on 2026-11-13 (UTC). Matching method and decision rules are described on the data page.

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Records follow the original literature; please attach an evidence link.

Related papers

Cached papers for this genus (matched automatically, for reference); to search this species with its junior synonyms merged in, use the literature search.

  1. Caste Development in Mastotermes and Kalotermes: Which is Primitive?

    J. A. L. Watson, J. J. Sewell · 1985 · Elsevier eBooks

    Abstract

  2. Kalotermes minor Hagen in Oklahoma

    G. A. Bieberdorf · 2015 · Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science

    Abstract

  3. An Application of Factor Analysis to the Systematics of Kalotermes

    C. P. Stroud · 1953 · Systematic Biology

    Abstract

    Clyde P. Stroud; An Application of Factor Analysis to the Systematics of Kalotermes, Systematic Biology, Volume 2, Issue 2, 1 June 1953, Pages 76–92, https://do

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Other species in Kalotermes (20 species)

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Cite this species

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GB/T 7714

班奈特格林. Extant Isoptera (termites): a checklist of Latin and Chinese names: Kalotermes flavicollis 黄颈木白蚁[EB/OL]. Version 2026.10.30. https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/kalotermes-flavicollis/. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836.

BibTeX

@misc{isoptera_kalotermes_flavicollis_2026,
  author       = {班奈特格林},
  title        = {Kalotermes flavicollis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {2026.10.30},
  howpublished = {https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/kalotermes-flavicollis/},
  note         = {KALOTERMITIDAE; version 2026.10.30; DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23646836},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.23646836}
}

RIS

TY  - ELEC
TI  - Kalotermes flavicollis: a checklist of extant Isoptera (termites)
AU  - 班奈特格林
PY  - 2026
UR  - https://termite-extant-isoptera.org/en/species/kalotermes-flavicollis/
DO  - 10.5281/zenodo.23646836
ER  -